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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "DR JOHN PETERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.john_dave_peter007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:51:24 +0330
Subject: ALERT:

Attn,

We the members of financial accounting are very pleased to inform you that your ATM Card Number:4278763100030014 and the Security pin has been credited in your favour, your personal Identification Number is 822 which you have to forawrd to our agent for identification. The ATM Card value is (TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) $20 MILLION USD

Kindly note that this is legit and any act like this is very appreciated and will be well honoured, You are adviced to contact our delivery company for the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.

Company : FEDEX COURIER COMPANY UNITED STATE
Contact Person : MARK REED TELLO.
Contact Email Address: mark_reed_tello00@deliveryman.com
Address: 890 Fexas Road Del 352, Tulha nawai
Direct Telephone Number: +1-804-454-3520

Below are the vital informations of yours needed for the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.

FULL NAME::-.........................
DELIVERY: ADDRESS:-....................
CITY:-.......................
PHONE NUMBER:-.....................
COUNTRY:-.........................
OCCUPATION:.......................
SEX:-..........................
AGE:-........................

Below is your ATM CARD information.
ATM Card Number: (4278763100030014)
Security Pin Code : 7596
Withdrawal per day : $50,000

Listen after making withdrawal for one month with the ATM CARD, You can now transfer the remaining Balance of the money into your Bank Account for security reasons.

Note that you have to keep your ATM CARD information secret to avoid diverting/stealing of your money because we
registered your ATM CARD as a parcel.
Yours faithfully,

You can call: +1-804-454-3520 For more Detials.

Thank's
DR. JOHN PETERS
GENERAL DIRECTOR IN UBA BANK PAYMENT OFFICE.

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